{"product_id":"machine-book-susan-steinberg-9781555978471","title":"Machine","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA haunting story of guilt and blame in the wake of a drowning, the first novel by the author of\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpectacle\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Susan Steinberg's first novel,\u003ci\u003eMachine\u003c\/i\u003e, is a dazzling and innovative leap forward for a writer whose most recent book,\u003ci\u003eSpectacle\u003c\/i\u003e, gained her a rapturous following.\u003ci\u003eMachine\u003c\/i\u003e revolves around a group of teenagers--both locals and wealthy out-of-towners--during a single summer at the shore. Steinberg captures the pressures and demands of this world in a voice that effortlessly slides from collective to singular, as one girl recounts a night on which another girl drowned. Hoping to assuage her guilt and evade a similar fate, she pieces together the details of this tragedy, as well as the breakdown of her own family, and learns that no one, not even she, is blameless.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A daring stylist, Steinberg contrasts semicolon-studded sentences with short lines that race down the page. This restless approach gains focus and power through a sharply drawn narrative that ferociously interrogates gender, class, privilege, and the disintegration of identity in the shadow of trauma.\u003ci\u003eMachine\u003c\/i\u003e is the kind of novel--relentless and bold--that only Susan Steinberg could have written.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49596400795921,"sku":"GOR012927646","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50382013792529,"sku":"CIN1555978479G","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":51839844778257,"sku":"CIN1555978479VG","price":5.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1555978479.jpg?v=1750958365","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/machine-book-susan-steinberg-9781555978471","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}